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Is absorb a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word absorb is a Scrabble US word. The word absorb is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is absorb a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word absorb is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Is absorb a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word absorb is a Words With Friends word. The word absorb is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

ABSORB,

5-letter words (5 found)

BARBS,BOABS,BOARS,BOBAS,BORAS,

4-letter words (24 found)

ABBS,ABOS,ARBS,BAOS,BARB,BARS,BOAB,BOAR,BOAS,BOBA,BOBS,BORA,BORS,BRAS,BROS,OARS,OBAS,ORBS,OSAR,ROBS,SOAR,SOBA,SORA,SORB,

3-letter words (25 found)

ABB,ABO,ABS,ARB,ARS,BAO,BAR,BAS,BOA,BOB,BOR,BOS,BRA,BRO,OAR,OBA,OBS,ORA,ORB,ORS,RAS,ROB,SAB,SAR,SOB,

2-letter words (9 found)

AB,AR,AS,BA,BO,OB,OR,OS,SO,

You can make 64 words from absorb according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of absorb

absorb

Etymology

From Middle French absorber, from Old French assorbir, from Latin absorbeō (“swallow up”), from ab- (“from”) +‎ sorbeō (“suck in, swallow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- (“to sip”). Compare French absorber.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈzɔːb/, /əbˈsɔːb/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /æbˈsɔɹb/, /æbˈzɔɹb/, /əbˈsɔɹb/, /əbˈzɔɹb/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)b
  • Hyphenation: ab‧sorb

Verb

absorb (third-person singular simple present absorbs, present participle absorbing, simple past and past participle absorbed or (archaic) absorpt)

  1. (transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To engulf, as in water; to swallow up. [Attested from the late 15th century until the late 18th century.]
  3. (transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. [first attested in the early 17th century.]
  4. (intransitive) To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.
  5. (transitive, physics, chemistry) To take in energy and convert it. [first attested in the early 18th century.]
    1. (transitive, physics) in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.
    2. (transitive, physics) in receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.
    3. (transitive, physics) taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.
  6. (transitive) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully. [first attested in the late 18th century.]
  7. (transitive) To occupy or consume time. [first attested in the mid 19th century.]
  8. (transitive) To assimilate mentally. [first attested in the late 19th century.]
  9. (transitive, business) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
  10. (transitive) To defray the costs.
  11. (transitive) To accept or purchase in quantity.

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (to include so that it no longer has separate existence): assimilate, engulf, incorporate, swallow up, overwhelm
  • (to suck up or drink in): draw, drink in, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, steep, take in, take up
  • (to consume completely): use up
  • (to occupy fully): engage, engross, immerse, monopolize, occupy
  • (finance: to assume or pay for): assume, bear, pay for, take in

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "physics: to take up by chemical or physical action"): emit

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • adsorb

Further reading

  • Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absorb”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.

Anagrams

  • Brabos, bobars, robabs

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [abˈsorb]

Verb

absorb

  1. inflection of absorbi:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Source: wiktionary.org